Aden

Aden (Arabic: عدن [ʿAdan]) is a city in Yemen, 105 miles (170 kilometers) East of Bab-el-Mandeb. It is a natural port, built on an old volcanic peninsula and first used by the ancient Kingdom of Awsan between the 5th and 7th centuries BC. Aden has a population of about 590,000[1] and is located at 12.779444° N 45.03667° E. Aden consists of a number of small towns: the port city, the industrial city known as Little Aden with its large oil refinery, and Madinat ash-Sha'b, ...

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Aden - History

Aden - British Rule

Aden - Little Aden 1955 to 1967

Aden - Federation of South Arabia and the Aden Emergency

Aden - Independence

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Aden: Encyclopedia II - ADEN cannon - Development The ADEN (named for the Armament Development Establishment, where it was designed, and Enfield, where it is produced) was developed in the late 1940s as a replacement for the older Hispano-Suiza HS 404 20mm cannon used in British aircraft of World War II. It is based (as are the French DEFA and American M39 cannon) on the mechanism of the German Mauser MG 213C, an experimental revolver cannon designed for the Luftwaffe, but never used in combat. The ADEN entered service on the Hawker Hunter in 1954, and subsequently used on every British gun-armed aircraft until the advent of the Panavia Tornado in the 1980s. It rem ...

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Cowasji Dinshaw Adenwalla - External References

Aden: Encyclopedia - Arab Revolt

The Arab Revolt (1916–1918) was initiated by Sherif Hussein ibn Ali with the aim of securing independence from the ruling Ottoman Turks and creating a single unified Arab state spanning from Aleppo in Syria to Aden in Yemen. After the Turkish nationalist reform party Young Turks coup in 1908, Ottoman politics changed and discrimination against non-Turkish inhabitants increased. The Ottomans joined the Central Powers in World War I in 1914. Many Arab nationalist figures in Damascus and ...

Aden: Encyclopedia - 1839

Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 1839 - Events. January 9 - The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process. January 19 - British East India Company captures Aden January 20 - In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian alliance. February 24 - William Otis receives a patent for ...

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Aden: Encyclopedia II - List of seaports - Pacific Ocean

List of seaports - Sacramento–San Joaquin rivers. Sacramento, California, United States Stockton, California, United States List of seaports - Gulf of Alaska. Anchorage, Alaska, United States Juneau, Alaska, United States List of seaports - Arafura Sea. Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia List of seaports - Bering Strait. Nome, Alaska, Unite ...

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Christopher Hampton - Bibliography

Christopher Hampton - Adaptations

Christopher Hampton - Filmography

Christopher Hampton - Translation Work

Aden: Encyclopedia - Woqooyi Galbeed

Woqooyi Galbeed is a region (gobolka) in northern Somalia. Its capital is Hargeisa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, the Somalian regions of Awdal, Sanaag and Togdheer and the Gulf of Aden. Woqooyi Galbeed is one of the five regions of the self-proclaimed but internationally unrecognized Republic of Somaliland (former British Somaliland) and is mainly inhabited by the Isaaq tribe and small part of Samaron. This region consists of 3 districts: ...

Aden: Encyclopedia - Yemen

The Republic of Yemen (Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية), composed of former North and South Yemen, is a country on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia and is a part of the Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden on the south and the Red Sea on the west. It borders Oman to the northeast and Saudi Arabia elsewhere. Its territory includes the remote island of Socotra, about 350 km to the south off the coast of East Africa. Yemen - History. Main article: History of Yemen ...

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Yemen - Foreign relations

Yemen - Miscellaneous topics

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Aden: Encyclopedia - USS Cole bombing

The USS Cole bombing was a suicide bombing attack against the guided missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) on October 12, 2000. USS Cole bombing - The attack. On October 12, 2000, USS Cole came to the harbor of Aden, Yemen for a routine fuel stop. Cole completed mooring at 09:30. Refueling started at 10:30. At 11:18 local time (08:18 UTC), a small craft approached the port side of the destroyer, and an explosion occurred, putting a 40-by-40-foot (12 m-by-12 m) gash in the ...

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USS Cole bombing - The attack

USS Cole bombing - Previous attempt

USS Cole bombing - Consequences and after-effects

Aden: Encyclopedia - Bari Region Somalia

Bari is a region (gobolka) in northern Somalia. Major cities include Boosaaso (the capital) and Qardho. It is bordered by regions Sanaag and Sool to the west, Nugaal to the south, the Gulf of Aden to the north, and the Indian Ocean to the east. In terms of land area, Bari is one of the largest regions of Somalia. The self-proclaimed, but internationally unrecognized, states of Puntland and Somaliland both lay claim to the Bari region. It was particularly hard hit by the tsunamis caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake ...

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Bari Region Somalia - Districts

Aden: Encyclopedia - Bab-el-Mandeb

The Bab-el-Mandeb, alternatively Bab el Mandab, Bab al Mandab, or Bab al Mandeb means "Gate of Tears" in Arabic (باب المندب), is the strait separating the continents of Asia (Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula) and Africa (Djibouti, north of Somalia on the Horn of Africa), connecting the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean (Gulf of Aden). Note that some English maps simply state Mandab Strait to save space. It derives its name from the dangers attending its navigation, or, according to an Arab legend, f ...

Aden: Encyclopedia - Awdal

Awdal is a region (gobolka) in northern Somalia. Its capital is Borame. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Djibouti, the Somalian region of Woqooyi Galbeed and the Gulf of Aden. Awdal is one of the six regions of the self-proclaimed but internationally unrecognized Republic of Somaliland (former British Somaliland) and is the largest region of Somaliland. Awdal region is relatively affluent, contrasting the perception of the Horn of Africa as being war-torn and famine-stricken. The chaos of the Somalian civil war and its afterm ...

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Aden: Encyclopedia - Afar region

Afar in one of the nine ethnic divisions (kililoch) of Ethiopia. Formerly known as Region 2, its current capital is Asayita; a new capital named Semera on the paved Awash - Assab highway is under construction. Covering 96,707 km2 in the northeast of Ethiopia, the region's population (as of 1999) is 1,188,000. The Afar Depression, locally known as the Danakil depression, is the three-way junction where the spreading ridges that form the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden emerge on land and meet the East African Rift. The Depression, the lowest point in Ethiopia and one of the lo ...

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Afar region - Fossil Finds

Aden: Encyclopedia - Bombay Presidency

Bombay Presidency was a former province of British India. At its greatest extent, Bombay Presidency comprised the present-day state of Gujarat, the western two-thirds of Maharashtra state, including the regions of Konkan, Desh, and Kandesh, and northwestern Karnataka state of India; It also included Pakistan's Sind state and the British territory of Aden in Yemen. It consisted partly of districts, which were directly under British rule, and partly of native or princely states, which were ruled by local rulers under the administration ...

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Bombay Presidency - Early history

Bombay Presidency - Territorial expansion

Bombay Presidency - Geography

Bombay Presidency - Administration

Bombay Presidency - People

Bombay Presidency - Agriculture

Bombay Presidency - Industry

Bombay Presidency - Transportation

Bombay Presidency - Military

Bombay Presidency - Education

Bombay Presidency - 20th Century reforms

Bombay Presidency - After independence

Aden: Encyclopedia - Red Sea

The Red Sea (Arabic البحر الأحمر Baḥr al-Aḥmar, al-Baḥru l-’Aḥmar; Hebrew ים סוף Yam Suf; Tigrigna ቀይሕ ባሕሪ QeyH baHri) is a gulf or basin of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb sound and the Gulf of Aden. In the north is the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba and the Gulf of Suez (leading to the Suez Canal). The sea is roughly 1900 km long and at its widest is over 300 km. The sea ...